Mitigation of Mode Partition Noise in Quantum-Dash Fabry-Perot Mode-Locked Lasers using Manchester Encoding
Conference: ECOC 2016 - 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication
09/18/2016 - 09/22/2016 at Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Proceedings: ECOC 2016
Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Chaibi, Mohamed Essghair; Bramerie, Laurent; Lobo, Sebastien; Peucheret, Christophe (FOTON Laboratory, CNRS UMR 6082, University of Rennes 1, ENSSAT, 22300 Lannion, France)
Abstract:
The use of Manchester encoding with balanced detection is proposed in order to overcome the mode partition noise (MPN) limit of quantum-dash mode-locked lasers used as multi wavelength sources. Successful MPN mitigation is demonstrated for a 10-mode laser at 10 Gbit/s.